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SHRO: The objectives of the Israeli attack are ammo warehouses belonging to militias loyal to Assad regime,whose operatives are not Syrian. According to reports, the Syrian AA intercepted two more Israeli missiles - one in the area of ​​Damascus Airport and the other in Kuneitra

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#News
The Iranian-backed militia "Zulfiqar Brigade" officially declared it participates in the #Daraa offensive.
Not only the #US, but also #Israel, seem to have been "convinced" by Moscow to do nothing despite their security being threatened ...
#Syria

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 P.M.) – For the first time this year, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) has launched air raids over the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions in southwest Daraa and southern Al-Quneitra, a military source told Al-Masdar News.

According to the source, Syrian Air Force jets struck the Islamic State’s positions near the border of the Israeli occupied Golan Heights.

The source added that the Israeli military did not interfere during the Syrian Air Force’s attack along their border.

This aerial attack marks the first time in four years that the Syrian Air Force has conducted airstrikes in this part of the Al-Quneitra and Daraa governorates.

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#BREAKING: #IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen.Gadi Eisenkot has landed in the US for an official working visit as guest of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford. #Israel via @AAhronheim

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#BREAKING: #IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen.Gadi Eisenkot has landed in the US for an official working visit as guest of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford. #Israel via @AAhronheim

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#Breaking: No local reports confirming this at this time. There have been reports of #Israeli artillery firing towards an objective in #Syria near the border. #Israel #Syria #Iran

The Israel Link
‏ @TheIsraelink
2h2 hours ago

Regarding events in Syria, it appears this information was posted by Pro-rebel sources, who use this as part of the their tactics. There is no confirmation from any other source, nor is there confirmation from locals. We are retracting this post at this time till additional in...

#BREAKING: Sunday Times reports it was an RAF fighter that bombed the Pro-Assad Forces in the Syrian Desert a few days ago (possibly the strike that killed the Iraqi forces and originally attributed to Israel)

IDF: Following an assessment this morning, the IDF has increased artillery and armored assets in the north.

Instant News Alerts
‏ @InstaNewsAlerts
7m7 minutes ago

#Breaking: IDF says it has reinforced the Northern border with additional artillery and armoured units due to the current situation in Da'ara.
IDF will continue to provide humanitarian aid to civillians in the area. #Syria #Israel

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The Israeli military has reportedly drawn its "red lines" for the ongoing fighting between the Syrian government and militants along its northern border, ruling out a direct clash with pro-Assad forces and claiming that they alone must take over the conflict zone.

Tel Aviv urges Damascus to stick to the 1974 disengagement agreement, which provided for a buffer zone between the two countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday. He added he is "in continual contact" with the US and Russia on the situation in southern Syria, which is the site of clashes between pro-Assad forces and militant groups.

Netanyahu reaffirmed Israel's committment to border security. He also promised that Tel Aviv would provide humanitarian assistance and wouldn't take in refugees from the north.

The PM's statement came the same day the Israeli army said it beefed up its presence near the Golan Heights border with Syria with tanks and artillery. The Israeli military also said it would stick to its policy of non-intervention in the Syrian conflict.

The IDF made the remark shortly after Haaretz said Israeli defense officials ruled out a direct confrontation between the IDF and the Syrian Army in the wake of a pro-government offensive against the al-Nusra Front and Daesh* terrorist groups in southwestern Syria near the border with Israel.

According to Israeli officials cited by the media outlet, pro-Assad forces must be the only ones to enter the conflict zone near Israel's de facto northern border and take control over it when the strife is over, while Tel Aviv does not intend to allow other forces and armed groups to take over the area or join the Syrian army.

In a meeting between senior defense officials, Israel addressed an array of scenarios it would not tolerate from the Syrian troops or other forces in the area, the report says.

Israel is also keeping a close eye on the situation in the area, to verify which forces are affiliated with President Bashar al-Assad.

The report comes shortly after the IDF were put on high alert in the disputed Golan Heights, preparing for potential side-effects from the strife near the country's northern border.

READ MORE: Israeli Army on High Alert in Golan Heights as Syria Intensifies Op in Daraa

The move was made following the Syrian army's advances against insurgents during the ongoing aerial and ground-based anti-terrorist offensive the local government has launched in the territories near the border with Jordan and Israel. Tens of thousands of civilians living in the conflict zone began to flee towards the Israeli-held Golan Heights as the government forces pushed deeper into the area.

In response to a massive influx of Syrian asylum-seekers in Israel's north, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman claimed that although Tel Aviv wouldn't take in refugees, it was ready to provide humanitarian aid.

Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights has been condemned by the international community, with the UN recognizing the Golan Heights as occupied Syrian territory.

In 2016, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Tel Aviv would never return the Golan Heights to Damascus; the territory was annexed by Israel in 1981 after their seizure from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War.

The Golan Heights buffer zone was created in line with the 1974 disengagement agreement which followed the 1973 Yom Kippur war, in which Syria failed to retake the disputed area.

Will the West cede the Golan Heights to a psychopath?
We call on the US to lead an international process to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory
By Moshe Ya'alon and Yair Lapid 1 July 2018, 4:52 pm 37

Ruins of medieval Nimrod Fortress in the northern Golan Heights in Israel (iStock)

We live in a world full of complex diplomatic dilemmas, but for once here is a simple one: Would you take an area that is flourishing in a western democratic state, where fifty thousand people of different religions and ethnicities live in harmony, and hand it over to a violent dictatorship ruled by the worst mass murderer of our time so that he can destroy the area and murder most of the residents?

If your answer is “no” then you support recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

In 1981 Israel applied its law to the Golan Heights. The Syrians insisted it be returned to them. Most countries, including the United States, have avoided taking a clear position. We believe it’s time to get off the fence.

The Golan Heights is a unique story in the Israeli-Arab conflict. It’s a mountainous region of around 695 square miles (around the size of a medium-sized ranch in Texas), in the north of Israel. It’s worth noting, of course, that it is entirely unrelated to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians. Not a single Palestinian lives in the Golan Heights.

[Syria] is a dark regime led by a psychopath supported by the most malevolent forces on earth today.

Historically, the Golan is known as the biblical land of Bashan from the book of Deuteronomy. Just recently a major renovation of a 4th century Jewish synagogue was completed and in archaeological excavations a coin from 67 CE was discovered with an inscription which read, “For the redemption of Jerusalem the Holy.” It is an area with a long and deep Jewish connection.

The Syrians, on the other hand, ruled over the Golan Heights for only 21 years; between the years 1946 and 1967. During those years they turned the Golan into a military base, rained rocket fire on the Israeli communities which are under the Golan Heights and tried to divert Israel’s critical water sources to dry the country out.

In 1967, during the Six Day War, the Golan Heights was liberated by Israel. In the 51 years since then Israel developed the Golan Heights and turned it into an impressive center of nature reserves and tourism, with high-tech agriculture, award winning wines, a flourishing food-tech industry and in-demand boutique hotels. The Druze population of the Golan Heights, who make up about half the population, were granted all the same rights as any other citizen in Israel, as would be done in any genuine democracy.

On the other side of the border, life went in the other direction; in the past seven years President Assad has massacred over a half a million of his own people and his actions led to the displacement of 11 million more. He let the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah, the largest terror organizations in the world, into Syria. He encouraged Shia militias from Iraq and elsewhere to flood into Syria. It is a dark regime led by a psychopath supported by the most malevolent forces on earth today.

The man who didn’t hesitate to use chemical weapons against women and children, continued to demand the Golan Heights in the name of “international law.” The fact that anyone in the Western world still takes that argument seriously is worse than naivete – it is insanity. Does his monstrous behavior have no cost? Do we live in the world without any sense of reward and punishment? The fact that the Golan Heights is under Israeli rule is the only thing that saved it from the Syrian valley of death, which is collapsing under the weight of violence and destruction.

The international community, led by the United States, needs to do the simple thing: To announce that they see the world as it is. We call on the American administration and both parties – Republicans and Democrats – to lead an international process of recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

It is historically just, it is strategically smart and it will allow the United States to extract a price from Assad for his despicable behavior without putting boots on the ground in Syria.

—

Lt. Gen (Res.) Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon served as IDF Chief of the General Staff until 2005 and Minister of Defense until 2016. MK Yair Lapid is the Chairperson of Yesh Atid, a former member Israel’s Security Cabinet and currently serves on the Knesset Committee on Intelligence and the Secret Services.

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Hezbollah warns Israel: Don't attack Lebanon, or we will work with Iran to destroy you. Warning comes after a number of political figures publicly stated a front in Lebanon may be opened. The message was relayed through France.

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#BREAKING: Head of the Israeli Shabak intelligence agency met today with ex #Israel-i PM Ehud Barak, warning him of a serious assassination threat by #Iran against him while he will be outside of Israel.

Guy Elster
‏Verified account @guyelster
1h1 hour ago
After an hour, it is still unclear what caused the explosion in #Derra-Damascus highway. The usual suspect is #Israel, but it does not attack in these hours. Could be rebels attack or an accident

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#Syria|n army are close to take Nasib border crossing with Jordan, in #Deraa. Reports (with pics) that the Russian are in their way to the crossing, maybe to negotiate with the rebels on their surrender

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